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Proverbs 6:8

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Provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest.
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  1. Proverbs 10:5Rank 1 from verse 8
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    5He that gathereth in summer is a wise son: but he that sleepeth in harvest is a son that causeth shame.

  2. 1 Timothy 6:19Rank 2 from verse 8
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    19Laying up in store for themselves a good foundation against the time to come, that they may lay hold on eternal life.

  3. Proverbs 30:25Rank 3 from verse 8
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    25The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer;

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Proverbs 6:8

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meat

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Sense 1: Food, nourishment, sustenance, or provision. Sense 2: Figuratively, that which nourishes or sustains.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references

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in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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summer

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Sense 1: The warm season of the year. Sense 2: Fruit ripening or gathered in that season, or a dwelling used in it. Sense 3: As a verb, to pass that season in a place.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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7Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler,

8Provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest.

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9How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?

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